The city says personal information of two Calgary Recreation customers was mistakingly leaked because of a faulty system update.

The accidental leak was discovered on Friday after a number of emails containing the names, phone numbers and addresses of two people were sent to “a large number” of Calgary Recreation members during a system update.

“As soon as The City became aware of the problem, the registration system was shut down to prevent further emails being sent out,” the city said in a release, adding no financial information was released and the customers are being contacted about the breach.

The glitch also caused a number of customers to be sent emails requesting they change their passwords but “there is no need to reset passwords as a result of this e-mail,” the city said.

“The City of Calgary takes the protection of information very seriously and apologizes for any inconvenience this has caused,” the city said. “We have reported this incident to the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner and will cooperate fully in any review they conduct.”

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